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Summary: Pointing brickwork. Renewing mortar in old brickwork. Brickwork repointing

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Old Brickwork Pointing and repointing brickwork and stonework can be a very time consuming job and although it may look easy it takes a bit of experience to get the professional finish seen on most jobs. We have outlined the basic process here.

Firstly cut out all loose and damaged mortar. You may find that some of the faces of the bricks have been damaged as a result of water getting into the joints. This can be remedied in our replacing bricks project and the science of it understood in our freeze-thaw project. You can see a wall on the left that has been cut out and , right, repointed.Cutting out is best done with a plugging chisel or small bolster. Very loose stuff can simply be raked out with a screwdriver or similar.

Raking Out Brushing Off

Rake out old joints to 10mm minimum Wire brush loose dust etc.

Mixing

Mixing sand and cement (see project on this)

Mixing on Hawk

Place on hawk ready for easiest way to repoint

Unless you are doing all of the walls anew, it will be necessary to match the mortar you are using to the existing colour. See our project on matching sand and cement mortar.

Filling Joints

Fill joints flush with surface, then choose finish of pointing

"Bucket handle pointing" can be done with metal pointing tool or with a short length of chopped off hosepipe run through the joint.

"Flush pointing" Done by cutting off surplus and rubbing over with back of trowel.

"Weather struck pointing" Done by using pointing trowel at an angle.

"Recessed pointing" Done by raking out mortar with tool above

Top Tools

Click on a tool below for additional information.

Builders Bucket Yellow 3 Gallon Pack of 3	Estwing Lump Hammer 3lb (1.36kg)	Marshalltown Brick Jointer	Marshalltown Pointing Trowel 6
Mortar Joint Raker	Ragni Bucket Trowel	Roughneck Brick Bolster with Safety Guard 4" x 7	Roughneck Plugging Chisel with Guard 10.5

Much more construction information is available in our bookstore. All the tools and fittings you need in the toolstore.

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